No harm intended, but I don't really see the point of this thread.
First of all, the economy... in most mmorpgs it's based on rl economy, at least the supply/demand part. You don't need silkroad to teach you that. Hell, you'll find the real world economy to differ quite a bit (and it's a lot more complex ofc.).
Secondly, the attitude of people. You make it simplistic by dividing them into good/bad ones... Well, any online community has a lot more extreme forms of communication, behaviour etc because of the anonimity (is that a correct English word?). I have yet to meet a bunch of 10y olds begging me for 10k all day long... or telling me in the face that they'll do bad things to my mom

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Last: you just want an excuse to play SRO, isn't it

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